Jesus, of course, teaches his disciples and all his children to pray. “He came precisely to introduce us into this relationship [with] the Father,” Francis said, urging everyone to ask the ...

Jesus’ prayer, characterized by thanksgiving, reveals to us how to ask: before the gift is given, Jesus commits himself to the One who in giving gives himself. the Giver is more precious than ...

“If we pray rightly,” St. Augustine taught, “we say nothing but what is already contained in the Lord’s Prayer.” The prayer ...

When Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray, he is not just offering them the words of a prayer. He is inviting them into his own intimate love relationship with his Abba.

Jesus’ prayer for his disciples to be one reflects such divisions within the community. John depicts Jesus calling instead for unity, just as he is united with the Father in heaven.

Jesus is asking something very difficult of his disciples: love those people who are on the opposite side of the issues that matter to you, and pray for those individuals who are determined to do you ...

Then Jesus continues to pray from verses 6-19, but now is asking God to help his disciples remain true to what he has taught them after he has left them. God’s church depends on the faithfulness ...

Jesus instructs his disciples to go to an inner room—literally a storage closet—shut the door, and “pray to your Father in private” (NLT).

Pope Francis gave his homily based on the day’s Gospel, which tells how Jesus taught his disciples to pray the Our Father. “We have a Father very close to us, who embraces us,” the Pope said.